2008-05-25, 14:27
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Somewhere in the East
Age: 36
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Acutally it depends on what genre you would like to hear:
For my taste of pop, definitely Ayumi Hamasaki, ELT, Ai Otsuka etc. For my taste of R & B, usually Namie Amuro, BoA, Utada Hikaru etc. For my taste of ballads, I'd go for OLIVIA, Hajime Chitose but I don't really go for those who sing purely ballads. For my taste of rock, usually HAndMC, Orange Range, abingdon boys school etc. |
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2008-05-26, 12:56
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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I recommend ayaka, great voice, superb live singer, and can sing all types of songs. She is most famous for her slower songs, like I believe, Mikazuki, Te wo Tsunagou, but her more upbeat songs are pretty good too. In fact, I think I am going to make a thread about her right now.
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2008-05-29, 21:58
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: England, North-West
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Depends on your interests. Artists like Nami Tamaki (Brightdown, Oversoul) are good to listen to just for the sake of listening to a good japanese song/voice, L'Arc~En~Ciel or Gackt if it's light J-rock you're into. If you're feeling perticularly demonic, Dir En Grey or MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (or atleast some of MTH's songs... try to avoid "Hesei Strawberry Vibe", anyway >_>).
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2008-05-29, 22:59
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Between a rock and a hard place.
Age: 38
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LCeh: Funny, I was just listening to Ayaka's live performance of " Te o Tsunago" at budokan like two minutes ago.
She's really amazing and hits all the right keys. Very rare for female jpop artists. Good choice 
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2008-05-29, 23:29
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Unfortunately, she isn't really known outside of Japan, although she has been doing quite well in Japan. That's why I have been promoting her on forums these days. 
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2008-05-31, 11:10
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I much prefer the 2d
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Frontier
Age: 31
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Baby Tears / Freedom remix by Ayumi Hamasaki
BLOOD on fire by -AAA BRAVE PHOENIX By MIZUKI NANA Silent Sky by Tiaraway "Red-reduction division-" by fripSide are some i reccomend if you want a sample of them you can look them up on youtube their 2x cg vids 1x gunda 1x shana 2x A's i think theyre all really good
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2008-05-31, 11:57
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Japan
Age: 36
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I'm too lazy to write something about all of these artists, so I'll just list them, roughly divided by genres. Awesome stuff only.
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I'll stop here for now. It's not like a lot of people will look through the whole list anyway. 
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2008-05-31, 18:51
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horo fan
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: missouri, usa
Age: 39
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there are a lot that i like
brilliant green (pop) hitomi takahashi (pop/rock?) tommy heavenly and february 6 yui(pop/rock) anna tsuchiya "(pop/rock) maaya sakamoto (pop) hanako oku (pop) yuki kajiura (does the soundtracks for gundam tsubasa resevoir chronicles...) kimura kaela (pop) shikao sugao (pop, op for xxxholic and xxxholic kei) yui makino (pop, anime songs) |
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2008-06-02, 01:38
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nana-chan fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Australia
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Can't live without their voice:
- Mizuki Nana (Heart-shaped chant, Innocent starter, Dancing in the velvet moon) - Okui Masami (Rinbu -revolution-, Sora ni kakeru hashi, Jama wa sasenai) Others I like: - Suara (Wasurenaide, Musuoka) - Kuribayashi Minami (Hoshizora no waltz, Precious memories) - Jyukai (Anata ga ita mori, Hikari) - Ishikawa Chiaki (Uninstall, Utsukushi kereba sore de ii) - angela (Asu e no brilliant road, Mirai to yuu na no kotae) |
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2008-06-07, 01:19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 34
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Well, I listen to most genres of music ( jap mainly). Also it's no fun mentioning names that everyone knows i.e HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, ayumi hamasaki, BoA, EXILE, aqua timez etc So I'll just go with less infamous bands / singers. Maybe next time I'll list somewhat well known groups.
More unknown-ish artist that I listen to, ones that are from the Bemani franchise ( or was). Bemani being the company or so that produces games like DDR, beatmania, drummania, pop at music, etc. Songs that are more upbeat and can pump you up somewhat xD. BeForU - red rocket rising, yoru hanabi, moon bike, 6 rainbow, kiseki, dive, bala bala etc Kanako Hoshino - inferno, gekkou, dance, taiyou, max love, etc DJ Yoshitaka - alot of his songs he composes are awesome . ( darling my LUV, max love with kanako hoshino, etc) Sayaka Minami - under the sky, double loving heart, life TЁЯRA (naoki + jun karashima ) - More favourite bemani group - switch, hana ranman flowers PlatoniX ( not active anymore, yes junko is in this ) - Don't be afraid myself FripSide - save me again, velocity, misery, end game, etc Junko Hirata - double loving heart, under the sky) [ both sang with Sayaka Minami Riyu Kosaka - freedom, baby's tears, danzai no hana, platnium smile, etc Ayane [ Junko Hirata's mainstream] - romancing story, cloudier sky, lunatic tears, wish on truth, etc Naoki a.k.a god of bemani, composes a lot of BeForU’s songs, Part of Terra, tons tons of alias’s. Those are the only ones that stand out atm. TЁЯRA - Hana Ranman Flowers for an example 
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2008-06-10, 02:03
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I don't listen to male vocals much anymore so...that said..
Spitz & Kamakura Kei are the 2 male artists/groups I listen to...oh and Kaguya Hime from 15-20 years ago...lol Mitose Noriko, Shigata Akiko, Shimotsuki Haruka, Ishibashi Yuuko (Ar Tonelico song birds...currently on heavy rotation in my listening, even if you haven't played the games, I HIGHLY suggest trying to snag the soundtrack...VERY beautiful singing...unique too) Akino Arai Anna Ayane ELISA Eufonius Makino Yui Mizuki Nana (particularly Astrogation) Monet/PixelBee (currently on break due to pregnancy) Snow* Suara THYME |
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